ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The interior ministry has directed the Islamabad Capital Territory Administration to remove all settlements of gypsies, mud houses and tents located in isolated areas of the federal capital, a source said.

He said such settlements and constructions had been declared a ‘security threat’ by some intelligence agencies. With the repatriation of large number of Afghan refugees, a large number of gypsies have established their settlements along IJ Principal Road.